Drug-run pair hid €19k cannabis in sausages bags

Sausages were used to conceal a €19,240 drugs stash in the boot of a car speeding past Mitchelstown towards Dublin — yesterday the driver and frontseat passenger were jailed for the drug run.

Detective Sergeant James O’Shea said investigating gardaí also found three mobile phones, a walkie-talkie two-way radio, and €1,000 in cash in the car on January 30 last, along with the sausages and almost 1kg of cannabis. The drugs were in two separate bags.